I'm not sure what group specifically you're referring to derisively as the "intellectual crowd." I'm guessing that this is different from the "intelligent crowd," but I certainly regard the college professors and such I know as an intellectual crowd, and they are absolutely open-minded, would take their time solving problems, and would consider other opinions.
(Not all of them, of course, but in general they are at least as intellectually-curious and open as anyone else I know.)
(Not all of them, of course, but in general they are at least as intellectually-curious and open as anyone else I know.)